DUSHANBE (TCA) — Proclaiming 2018 as the Year of Tourism and Folk Crafts in Tajikistan gave a serious impetus to understand the significance of these fields in the social and economic life of the people, as the number of tourists who visited Tajikistan in 2018 increased 2.5-fold compared to 2017. However, one year is not sufficient to achieve the objectives we set forth, President Emomali Rahmon said in his address to the country’s Parliament on December 26.